Santa Fe had plenty of will and lacked play to overcome the bad moment they had had against La Equidad. With 13,537 spectators in the El Campín stands, they lost 0-1 with Bucaramanga, which ended a streak of more than 21 years without winning in Bogotá.
The team stopped at Techo and could not find a way to get going again this Tuesday, when it struggled to attack and its rival charged it with one of the few defensive mistakes it made.
Santa Fe debuted two of its foreign hires. Defender Marcelo Ortiz had no major problems and it was difficult for attacker Agustín Rodríguez from the start, in a scheme that coach Pablo Peirano had not used this semester, playing with a second forward to accompany Hugo Rodallega.
Bucaramanga, which had a range that ranged from all-out defense to very dangerous exits, had more shots on goal than its rival and At the start of the second half they surprised León with a goal, with some commitment from goalkeeper Andrés Mosquera Marmolejo, who rebounded after a shot by Fabián Sambueza. Daniel Mosquera took advantage of it and opened the scoring.
Although Santa Fe tried different variants (they took out the two full-backs, changed to a three-man defense, played with wingers), it all came down to playing for one man, Rodallega, who this time was well controlled by the visiting defense. .
The team was diluted in the second stage with the changes and only made one shot on goal, a shot from outside the area that was brilliantly saved by goalkeeper Aldair Quintana, plus another option, one-on-one, by Daniel Moreno with the goalkeeper who resolved very evil.
In the last 15, Rafael Dudamel, the coach of Bucarmaanga, already put together a scheme to hold the 0-1 and the ball became property of Santa Fe, but the reds repeated the same formula, centers looking for Rodallega's head , but the one that appeared was that of anyone dressed in yellow who was inside the area.
You have to go until August 3, 2002 to find Bucaramanga's last victory against Santa Fe in El Campín. And that streak ended in a good way: when he had to attack he did so and when he chose to defend himself, he also delivered. The reds were left in debt.
Jose Orlando Ascencio
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